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Carla Martinez Machain @carlammm.bsky.social · 3d

I mean, good? Let them waste their time there? Does Noem know how much Super Bowl tickets cost? Don't think your average undocumented immigrant is going to be there...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/a...

Kristi Noem Says ICE Will Be ‘All Over’ the Super Bowl

www.nytimes.com

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Carla Martinez Machain @carlammm.bsky.social · 6d

Who else stayed up to listen??,

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Taylor Swift Conquers Her Biggest Stage Ever on 'The Life of a Showgirl'

Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' combines new, exciting sonic turns with incisive storytelling.

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Carla Martinez Machain @carlammm.bsky.social · 6d

Have they started terrorizing the MHK yet? Here in BUF they're everywhere.

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Carla Martinez Machain @carlammm.bsky.social · 6d

It really amazes me that we somehow as a society are okay with unlicensed minors driving around in motorized vehicles like this

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | E-bikes are an e-menace

America’s streets are being swarmed by teens on fast, silent electric bikes, and injuries are rising.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 17d

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable.

This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.

From me for @rollingstone.com:

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.

www.rollingstone.com

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Carla Martinez Machain @carlammm.bsky.social · 17d

A quick little read that manages to pack so much good advice in it. Will def be sharing with my grad students:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/i...

An Intern Climbs the Stairs, Learning With Every Step

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 17d

3rd deadly US strike on a boat in the Caribbean.

As with the others:
-in area US military operates freely
-where arrest has relatively low risk, and greater strategic value
-no US legal rationale, or even attempt to offer one
-blatant violation of international law
-no evidence US knew who they hit

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Carla Martinez Machain @carlammm.bsky.social · 24d

I always carry postage stamps in my wallet. You never know when the opportunity to mail a postcard will present itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/m...

The Best Part of Any Piece of Mail Is the Stamp

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Carla Martinez Machain @carlammm.bsky.social · 24d

I also felt like the city made it easier to find opportunities to work out. Running in Stanley Park, yoga at the hotel, love it!

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24d

“It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives and is in one of its most productive moments, is under threat by the Trump administration.

Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer

America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives, is under threat in one of its most productive moments.

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Carla Martinez Machain @carlammm.bsky.social · 24d

Yes, AirBnBs in Mexico City are a real problem, but otherwise this article felt a bit underresearched. You can't understand Mexico City if you only go to Roma and Condesa. Also, Jewish delis and fancy pastries were there in the 90s, just in different neighborhoods

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/d...

What Happened to Mexico City’s Food Scene? Americans.

www.nytimes.com

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Carla Martinez Machain @carlammm.bsky.social · 26d

For those of you at #APSA2025, come check out our panel today at 4 PM. Lots of papers about troop deployments, foreign military training, and other foreign policy tools! @ilkerkalin.bsky.social

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Carla Martinez Machain @carlammm.bsky.social · 26d

Happy to be in Vancouver for #APSA2025. This was our "troops as DV" paper that @michaelallen.bsky.social , @flynnpolsci.bsky.social , and I are finally getting back to. Thanks to @marinahenke.bsky.social and @mcfuhrmann.bsky.social for super useful feedback!

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Carla Martinez Machain @carlammm.bsky.social · Sep 3

Did anyone else immediately think "potential Gilded Age storyline!!" when they read this?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/a...

The Met Opera Turns to Saudi Arabia to Help Solve Its Financial Woes

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Carla Martinez Machain @carlammm.bsky.social · Aug 24

People still think it's hyperbole when we talk about this govt being autocratic. It's not. Autocracy is not always flashy and dramatic, sometimes it's "boring" and bureaucratic like this
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/n...

Reframing Jan. 6: After the Pardons, the Purge

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Carla Martinez Machain @carlammm.bsky.social · Aug 22

Out at dinner at a restaurant in CDMX and someone at the table next to us just said, in English, "regression analysis. " Way to ruin my vacation vibe, bro

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Aug 17

Even if the Lincoln Memorial was a hotbed of crime—which it really isn't—sending Armed Forces would be wrong.

Crime is a law enforcement issue. We hire cops to handle it. Military addressing it is illegal, and for good reason.

Blatant lie as pretext for power grab AND would be wrong even if true.

Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · Aug 17

Multiple National Guard vehicles at the Lincoln Memorial which is not a problem area for crime

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 18

In @nytopinion.bsky.social

“The military I love is under threat — from its own commander in chief,” writes our columnist David French. Using the U.S. military against domestic foes “risks fracturing its bond with the American public and diminishing its ability to recruit.”

Opinion | Trump’s Domestic Deployments Are Dangerous. For the Military.

The nation’s most trusted institution must not be reduced to a political tool.

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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.bsky.social · Aug 18

Masks both increase your ability to act with impunity *and* make you feel like you can act with impunity.

Anyway this is straight-up fascism and I still don’t understand the legal authority under which federal agents can do any of this shit.

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Ian Livingston @ianlivingston.bsky.social · Aug 17

Outside Dupont north metro

Sandwich man posters next to Dupont circle metro stop

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Carla Martinez Machain @carlammm.bsky.social · Aug 4

I'm Machain with the "ma" pronounced like the "mah" in mah jong and the "chai" pronounced like chai tea (and then just an n at the end), with the stress on the 2nd syllable.

And as I told Steve over email, I was guilty of castilianizing 🇪🇸 his name for years 😆

Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · Aug 3

and for those who will be introducing you at 7 years of meetings if the grant gods are generous, what is the correct pronunciation, CCM?

Carla Martinez Machain @carlammm.bsky.social · Aug 4

Omg, I can only imagine! "Duplicity? Doh-Play? Play-Doh?" 😆

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Carla Martinez Machain @carlammm.bsky.social · Aug 3

I may actually start keeping a list of how my name has been mispronounced (Machine,McCain, Maché, M'Chaim)😆

Carla Martinez Machain @carlammm.bsky.social · Aug 3

Nothing builds character like living with a mispronounced surname, lol
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/m...

No One Ever Said My Name Right. Nikola Jokić and Luka Dončić Fixed That.

www.nytimes.com

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Carla Martinez Machain @carlammm.bsky.social · Aug 3

Nothing builds character like living with a mispronounced surname, lol
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/m...

No One Ever Said My Name Right. Nikola Jokić and Luka Dončić Fixed That.

www.nytimes.com

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Carla Martinez Machain @carlammm.bsky.social · Jul 31

It's happening in Buffalo now:
www.wgrz.com/article/news...

ICE agents raid popular Western New York supermarket

ICE agents raided a popular Buffalo supermarket Wednesday morning. 🚨 Here’s what was seized and why the store was shut down.

www.wgrz.com

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